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The Editor's Department: On making a mark and making marks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2026

Brian D. Joseph
Brian D. Joseph*
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Columbus, Ohio
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As I write this piece, I am well into my final year as editor. Just as American presidents nearing the end of their term typically seem to develop an interest in their legacy, I confess that I have harbored similar thoughts about my own tenure at the helm of this journal. I trust that Language readers will forgive me for any excess in this regard as I begin to reflect in print here on my term.

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Language , Volume 84 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 3 - 7
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Copyright © 2008 by the Linguistic Society of America

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